Barber&#39;s chair



Patented Jan. 15, 1929.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH T. BAYARD, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BARBERS CHAIR.

Application filed October 8, 1927. Serial No. 224,912.

My invention relates to improvements in barbers chairs and the like, andhas for its object the provision of an improved construction of thischaracter provided with means facilitating movements or adjustmentsthereof o-ver a floor or the like.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a` simple andeffective construction of this character in which the working parts areconcealed and protected.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a construction ofthis character which increases the effective base and thereby rendersthe construction more stable in use.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings forming a p art of this specification and 1n which- Fig. l is aside view of a barbers chair embodying the invention; and

Fig. 2 a horizontal section taken substantially on line 2-2 of Fig. l.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawingscomprises an ordinary barbers chair having the usual back 5, seat 6 andfoot rest 7, all mounted in the usual way upon a central stem 8rotatably supported ona circular base 9 in the usual way. At its forwardside so as to come directly under the foot rest 7, the base 9 isprovided with a forwardly and transversely extending housing 10 in whichis rotatably mounted a bearing roller l1 as shown, said roller beingarranged to extend transversely and substantially tangentially withreference to the curved periphery of the circular base 9. The roller 11is also set in the housing 10 to contact with the floor or beringattention. In such relation, it will be noted, that the effect of theconstruction is to extend the effective base under the foot rest 7 whenit receives the weight of a customer seating himself in the chair andthereby tending to prevent tipping' of the chair under suchcircumstances. W hen it is dcsired to move the chair all that isnecessary is to tip the chair slightly forwardly, as indicated in dottedlines in Fig. l, and whereby the weight of the chair will be thrownentirely upon the roller l1, and said chair thus readily moved orshifted into'any desired position. The elongated form of the roller'well adapts the same to carrying the comparatively heavy weight of thechair without injury either to the roller or to the fioor surface overwhich the chair is moved. The bearing roller is entirely concealed andprotected in the housing 10. It will also be noted that the appearanceand proportion of the chair are improved by the attachment disclosed.The specific arrangement of parts is a simple and effective one for thepurpose.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carryedge of said base, said roller being arranged vand adapted to bear the entire weight of said base when the same istilted.

In witness that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I afliX mysignature this 4th day of October, A. D. 1927.

JOSEPH T. BAYARD.

